Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijaz's statement via video link
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
- Jamaat Ali Shah rejects treason charges
- Letter sent to BlackBerry Company: DAG
- PM will appear before SC on Feb 13, confirms Aitzaz
- India test-fires ballistic missile interceptor
- MQM seeks SC notice over Bilour's interview
- Russia proposes bilateral extradition treaty with US
- Karachi violence claims seven lives
- SC rejects PM Gilani's appeal
The Nation in print for Monday, June 23, 2008
Front Page
Next President will be from Sindh: Asif
NAWABSHAH - PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that PPP would soon nominate its candidate for the Presidency. "PPP reserves the right to name next President, who would be from Sindh," he added. Zardari said that restoration of judges has become a political issue. He said certain ...
229 dead as typhoon wrecks Philippines
Hundreds feared dead as ferry sinks: 35,500 families evacuated: power knocked out in Iloilo, surrounding areas: telephone lines ...
NA okays Money Bill, judges' new strength
ISLAMABAD- The National Assembly on Sunday passed Finance Bill 2008-09 with total outlay of Rs 2010 billion amid Opposition's ...
Bird flu outbreak kills 6,000 chicks
SWABI - The district health department and World Health Organisation (WHO) have closed down a poultry farm at Tordher village ...
Opec divided as Saudis lift oil output
JEDDAH - The Jeddah energy summit, convened to address rocketing oil prices, called on Sunday for greater transparency and ...
International
Americans split by race over candidates: poll
WASHINGTON: - Americans voters' preferences about the two presidential candidates are sharply divided by race, a Washington ...
New govt. preparing comprehensive plan to combat militants: Pak journalist
WASHINGTON: - The new Pakistan government is trying for more comprehensive plan that includes political reform in the tribal ...
'Barack Obama not secretly a Muslim'
NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has urged Jewish voters to denounce the whisper campaign that for months has ...
Frustration in Gaza despite slight easing of blockade
SUFA CROSSING, Gaza-Israel border,- Dozens of Palestinian lorry drivers waited to load their goods in the scorching sun on Sunday ...
Torture failed on September 11 mastermind
NEW YORK - The story of a CIA agent who got the alleged planner of the Sept 11, 2001 terror attacks across the United States to ...
Billions more needed to secure US embassies
DESPITE an intensive $4 billion drive to protect US embassies, at least 150 American missions abroad fall short of security ...
Scottish smokers to be paid to quit
LONDON - Smokers in deprived parts of the British city of Dundee are to be paid to kick the habit in an initiative between ...
Zimbabwe Opp chief quits run-off
HARARE - Zimbabwe Opposition chief Morgan Tsvangirai quit the country's presidential run-off on Sunday, saying violence had ...
Spain to host interfaith forum
RIYADH - An inter-faith forum based on a Saudi Arabian initiative will be held in the Spanish capital next month, the ...
Malaysia to mull nuclear energy
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia may consider nuclear power generation to meet its long-term energy needs amid surging global oil ...
Glenn McGrath's wife passes away
SYDNEY (AFP) - The wife of former Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath died in Sydney on Sunday after a decade long battle with ...
India leave Champions League in chaos
NEW DELHI (AFP) - The proposed 10-million-dollar Twenty20 Champions League was thrown into turmoil on Sunday after India rejected ...
Federer is out fighting ahead of title defence
LONDON (AFP) - Roger Federer insists he is still the man to beat at Wimbledon as the defending champion prepares to start his bid ...
Sharapova, Ivanovic looking good
LONDON (AFP) - Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova are determined to prove that their ruthless tennis packs just as much power as ...
Nadal hopes to plunge Federer into dark age
LONDON (AFP) - Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic aim to transform Roger Federer's golden era into a new dark age and destroy the ...
Ban match-fixing cheats for life, says Navratilova
LONDON (AFP) - Professional tennis players who lose matches on purpose or are involved in betting rackets should be banned for ...
Business
Cotton sowing in crisis
by Muhammad Ahmad and Dr Ahmad Saeed Bhatti Cotton is an important cash crop and lifeline of textile industry. It accounts for ...
Tractor industry and budget 2008
Pakistan is basically an agricultural country and it's almost 70% of the economy is based on agriculture. Today Tractors and ...
Market awaits approaching new lows
The Pakistani stock market closed on Friday the last day of the trading week (June 16-20, 2008) under review at 11655 point with ...
Attractive packages by Emirates
ERUM ZAIDI talks to Farooq Lodhi, Sales Manager South Pakistan, and Emirates Airline, to find out the lucrative packages being ...
Coal is Pakistan's economic saviour
Pakistan is blessed with enormous natural resources and hardworking human resources. However, what Pakistan has always lacked is ...
Inspiring growth seen in Takaful insurance
JAVED MAHMOOD talks to M Vaqaruddin, Chief Executive Officer Pak-Qatar General Takaful Limited, to discover developments taking ...
Industrial plots converted into commercial plots
Exceptional shortage of energy and water is forcing the industrialists of Pakistan's biggest industrial estate, Sindh Industrial ...
Unending political chaos emasculates economy
Over a year long political chaos that gripped the entire country in March 2007 and turned Pakistan into a laughing stock all over ...
Economic cost of the political turmoil
Pakistan's transition from military rule of General (R) Pervez Musharraf in uniform to so-called democratic dispensation has been ...
Inflation in Pakistan
In ordinary terms inflation would mean a process of rise in the general price level. Technically speaking "Inflation means a ...
Politics
Karzai's war talk unwise, says Rice
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that the restoration of judges deposed by President Pervez ...
Rockets from Pakistan 'kill' four Afghans
KHOST, Afghanistan, - Four civilians including two children were killed Sunday when militants from inside Pakistan fired rockets ...
LoC should become 'Line of Commerce'
ISLAMABAD - The leaders of state of Jammu and Kashmir demanded India to show flexibility in peace talks with Pakistan and ...
Benazir's will genuine, says Naheed Khan
PPP leader Naheed Khan has said that neither she had seen the will written by Shaheed Benazir Bhutto nor had the party ...
Militants release abducted Christians
PESHAWAR - Sixteen members of Christian community who were kidnapped here on Saturday evening were released after successful ...
CM orders case against three officials
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has taken serious notice of the unfortunate incident of death of a ...
2 cops shot dead in Hub
Quetta - Unknown armed assailants shot dead two police personnel and injured two others in Hub on Sunday. According to reports ...
Oil supply to Nato forces: Truck owners, dealers receive threats
SOME unknown people have distributed pamphlets at a truck stand near the Karachi port, carrying a warning for truck owners and ...
Pak-India 3rd JATM meeting tomorrow
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and India will hold their third meeting of Joint Anti-Terrorism Mechanism (JATM) here on Tuesday (tomorrow) ...
AQ denies links with Swiss nuclear experts
GENEVA - Nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan on Sunday denied that Islamabad or his laboratory were linked to alleged plans ...
Khyber Agency clashes claim five more lives
PESHAWAR - Sectarian clashes between Lashkar-e-Islam and Ansarul Islam in the remote Terah valley of Khyber Agency have claimed ...
Aitzaz, Muneer to address Amnesty forum in Washington
WASHINGTON - SCBA President Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan and SCBA ex-President Advocate Muneer A Malik, leaders of the lawyers' justice ...
Female suicide bomber kills 16 in Iraq
BAQUBA - At least 23 people were killed in Iraq on Sunday, including 16 by a woman suicide bomber who blew herself up in ...
Iran warns of limitless response
TEHRAN - Iran on Sunday dismissed reports that Israel had been practising for airstrikes against its nuclear drive as ...
Entertainment
Bill Gates surrendering Microsoft helm
SAN FRANCISCO - A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the ...
Rare Monroe footage fetches $60,000 at auction
LAS VEGAS Candid footage of Marilyn Monroe on the set of her last completed film brought in $60,000 at an auction of movie ...
New discovery proves 'selfish gene' exists
A new discovery by a scientist from The University of Western Ontario provides conclusive evidence which supports decades-old ...
White House wedding reception for Jenna
A White House wedding reception for first daughter Jenna and new husband Henry Hager on Saturday night drew hundreds of friends ...
Rihanna not in love with Chris Brown
RIHANNA is great at playing hard to get. She and Chris Brown are pictured together all the time looking very much like a couple, ...
Bidding begins on 'entire life'
An ex-pat who decided to make a clean break after splitting with his wife has so far attracted 70 bids for his "entire life". ...
Celine Dion's AC/DC cover 'a musical offence'
LONDON French-Canadian chanteuse Celine Dion is responsible for the world's worst cover version - a rendition of rockers AC/DC's ...
Islamabad
National Internship Programme in doldrums
ISLAMABAD - The National Internship Programme (NIP) that was started in March 2007, by the previous government, does not seem to ...
Signal-free Zero Point gets positive response
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) on Sunday claimed to get very much positive response from the citizens after declaring ...
Govt slammed for not reinstating judges
RAWALPINDI - A protest demonstration was organised by Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) against the government for failing to reinstate ...
Why Khurram didn't accept US award?
ISLAMABAD: Sammad Khurram, a student who refused to take award from US ambassador Anne w Patterson, Sunday said, " (deposed) ...
Women centres named after Benazir Bhutto
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Federal Minister for Women Development Sherry Rehman announced on Sunday to rename all the women centres ...
Arrangements for by- elections in City finalised
RAWALPINDI (Online)- All the arrangements to hold fair, free and transparent by-elections in two constituencies of Rawalpindi ...
Karachi
Pakistan name team for Asia Cup
KARACHI - Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, a successful bowler in domestic season, has been included in Pakistan fifteen-member squad ...
Pakistan want to continue winning streak, says Malik
KARACHI - After expressing satisfaction with the selection of fifteen for the Asia Cup, the Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik hoped ...
It's a battle of Asian giants
KARACHI (AFP) - Title holders Sri Lanka and former champions India and Pakistan will be locked in a three-way battle when the ...
Nation will never accept PCO judges: JI
KARACHI - Secretary general Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, Munawar Hassan, on Sunday said that after the approval of Finance Bill ...
Government set to resolve disputes with fishermen
KARACHI - The prolong disputes between fishermen and the government over fishing in inland water and deep-sea is likely to be ...
Contract employees may be fired from varsities
KARACHI - Hundreds of contract non-teaching staff of two public universities in the metropolis including Karachi University (KU) ...
Mushahid Hussain to visit Sindh to reorganise 'Q'
KARACHI - The PML-Q which is struggling hard to survive in the current politics as various top level party leaders either parted ...
Birth anniversary of Hazrat Fatima observed
KARACHI - Politicians, religious scholars and clerics of minorities demanded the government and Muslims World to declare the ...
PR fails to control trains delay
KARACHI - The high-ups of Pakistan Railway (PR) are still failed to control the late arrivals of the trains coming from upper ...
Lahore
PML-N, PPP kick off by-election campaign
LAHORE- PML-N and PPP, the mainstream political parties and main partners of coalition government, have launched their ...
Chunk of vegetables being wasted
LAHORE - A major chunk of the vegetable production in Punjab is being wasted due to lack of infrastructure, cold storage facility ...
LDA to get its flats vacated from illegal occupants
LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) is likely to get LDA-owned flats vacated from illegal occupants during its ...
Rs 2,155m for construction of small dams, says Raja
LAHORE- The Provincial Irrigation and Power Department is spending a cumulative sum of Rs 2,155 million on the construction of ...
Why weight is important
I was planning to concentrate on the Nawaz-Zardari meeting, at which nothing much happened, precisely because nothing really ...
Your stars this week
Nawaz Sharif Asif Zardari will again disappoint you, for probably the tenth time in a row, by not keeping his word on the ...
South Asian Games awards to be given on 25th
LAHORE - The cash awards ceremony in honour of medal winners of the 10th South Asian Games - 2006 will now be held on June 25 at ...
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